Jan. 4, 1989
Surgeon General C. Everett Koop talks to reporters during a news conference in Washington. Koop said that as many as 15 million women have been victims of domestic violence and announced a campaign to help physicians detect and assist them.
Dennis Cook / AP
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Sept. 18, 1974
A 23-member surgical team works at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to separate 13-month-old conjoined twins Clara and Alta Rodriguez of the Dominican Republic. Dr. C. Everett Koop, surgeon-in-chief at the hospital, right, led the team. The surgery was successful.
Bill Ingraham / AP
Sept. 19, 1974
Dr. C. Everett Koop, surgeon-in-chief at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about the surgery that separated 13-month-old conjoined twins, Clara and Alta Rodriguez, at the hospital. Koop went on to become surgeon general.
William G. Ingram / AP
Sept. 18, 1974
Clara, left, and Alta Rodriguez of the Dominican Republic rest comfortably following their successful operation at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The 13-month-old conjoined twins were separated by a 23-member surgeon team headed by Dr. C. Everett Koop, surgeon-in-chief at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, in a 10 ½-hour operation.
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Oct. 1, 1981
Dr. C. Everett Koop, left, who has been nominated to be the surgeon general, chats with Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) prior to appearing before the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee for a confirmation hearing.
Ron Edmonds / AP
Aug. 2, 1985
Surgeon General C. Everett Koop poses with Clara Rodriquez of the Dominican Republic at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Koop successfully separated Clara, who was joined at the waist to her sister, Alta, at birth. Clara was at the hospital to be fitted with a hearing aid and to have a stone removed from her bladder.
Peter Morgan / AP
Nov. 30, 1987
Surgeon General C. Everett Koop sits among elementary school students at P.S. 3 in Manhattan. Koop visited the school to warn students of the dangers of smoking and to publicize the New York City anti-smoking ad contest, which awarded $10,000 for the best anti-smoking advertisement submitted by a New York City student.
Richard Drew / AP
June 4, 1989
Surgeon General C. Everett Koop addresses a rally of an estimated 18,000 people at the Boston Common prior to a walk to raise money to battle AIDS.
Mark Garfinkel / AP
Sept. 29, 1995
President Bill Clinton looks on as first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton hugs former surgeon general C. Everett Koop at the White House after Koop received a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Ron Edmonds / AP
Sept. 17, 2008
C. Everett Koop, former surgeon general, speaks to supporters during the American Academy of Family Physicians’ annual meeting in San Diego.
Sandy Huffaker / AP
